Guide to the John Flannery and Company records, 1867-1912, bulk 1867-1892

John Flannery and Company was a partnership of commission merchants, of Savannah, Ga. and was originally known as L. J. Guilmartin & Co. The records become those of John Flannery and Co. comprised of John L. Johnson and John Flannery after June 1877.
This collection contains business papers of L. J. Guilmartin & Co., 1867-1877, and after 1877, of John Flannery and Co., cotton factors, commission merchants, and agents for several manufacturing concerns. Correspondence, principally with merchants and farmers in Georgia and Florida, concerns the purchase and sale of cotton, and to a lesser extent, other commodities, loans on crops, prices of cotton and other commodities, a government tax on cotton, 1867, and speculation in cotton.

This collection contains business papers of L. J. Guilmartin & Co., 1867-1877, and after 1877, of John Flannery and Co., cotton factors, commission merchants, and agents for several manufacturing concerns. Correspondence, principally with merchants and farmers in Georgia and Florida, concerns the purchase and sale of cotton, and to a lesser extent, other commodities, loans on crops, prices of cotton and other commodities, a government tax on cotton, 1867, and speculation in cotton. Also included are bills and receipts, deeds for land sold in Florida and Georgia, copies of insurance policies, and the report of a suit, 1860s, brought against L. J. Guilmartin & Co. Scattered letters refer to Reconstruction, bankruptcy laws in Georgia, and trading through the Grange. Persons mentioned include Edward W. Drummond, John Flannery, and Lawrence J. Guilmartin.

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John Flannery and Company was a partnership of commission merchants, of Savannah, Ga. and was originally known as L. J. Guilmartin & Co. The records become those of John Flannery and Co. comprised of John L. Johnson and John Flannery after June 1877.